The items needed to complete this
procedure include a floor jack with jack stands (or ramps), a 15mm
socket with ratcheting wrench, a used oil catch container, a new oil
filter and 6 US quarts (5.7L) of new SAE 5W-30 oil.

The first few steps
are to warm up the engine for a few minutes, park the vehicle on a level
surface and then shut off the engine. Warming up the engine will help
suspend any contaminants within the old oil and allow it to drain out more
quickly.

Engage the emergency parking
brake and chock the rear wheels to prevent the vehicle from moving.

Open the hood, remove the oil filler cap by
twisting it off in the counter clockwise direction and pull off the plastic
engine cover.

Removing the engine cover will give you more
room to grip the oil filter which is easiest to access from the top of the
engine bay. Locate the old oil filter by looking down below the yellow
handled dipstick. You can see the round white oil filter that was installed
on this 2012 Traverse in
Picture # 5 and
Picture # 6 in the row above.

Insert the
automotive funnel into the oil filler hole and slowly pour in about 5 to 5
1/2 quarts of the engine's 6 quart total capacity for an oil change with
filter replacement.

Temporarily replace the oil filler cap by
spinning it on in the clockwise direction.

Run the engine for a minute, shut it off, and
allow it to rest for at least 5 minutes so that the oil flows down to the
oil pan.

Pull out the yellow handled dipstick and
check the oil level. If necessary, slowly add in the rest of the oil and
re-check the dipstick until the level reaches at or near the top of the
crosshatched area on the tip.

You may not need to pour in the entire 6
quarts of new SAE 5W-30 oil depending on how long you allowed the old oil to drain
out.

Replace the oil filler cap, push
the engine cover back into place and then replace the dipstick to
finish the job.

To reset the engine oil life
system, follow these steps: turn the ignition to the On/Run position with
the transmission in Park, press the trip odometer reset button until "oil
life remaining" is on the display, then press and hold the reset button
until "oil life remaining" changes to 100%. You'll hear three chimes and the
"change engine oil soon" message will turn off.

For Traverse vehicles with the
DIC (driver information center) repeat the steps above except by pressing
the "vehicle information button" to select the "oil life remaining" screen
and then hold the button to reset it to 100%.

If you found this guide to be helpful,
please consider making a small donation by clicking on the PayPal.com
"Donate" button located to the right of this paragraph. Thank you!
(Note: I am not a registered charity. Donations are not tax deductible.)

Please help support this website
by shopping at Amazon.com. Thank
You!